After a near riotous protest by thousands of University of Ottawa students angered by a racist remark Ann Coulter made yesterday, Ontario college security officialscanceled her speechat the school.

A spokesman for the group that organized the event said there were fears for Coulter’s well-being after about two thousand people gathered outside the venue to protest her presence there. Coulter is a darling of the U.S. right-wing who uses incendiary language to sell millions of books as well as her syndicated column.

She sparked more controversy during a speech at University of Western Ontario Monday night whenshe told a 17-year-old Muslim student to “take a camel”instead of a the flying carpet she has previously suggested Muslims use for transportation. Even before her Canadian tour began, Coulter received a pre-emptive and private caution about the limits of free speech in this country from the provost of the University of Ottawa. The letter was immediately leaked to select conservative news organizations, with Coulter telling one that the university was “threatening to criminally prosecute me for my speech.”

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